Fruit-jar and cover.



RATRNTRD MAR. v13, v1906.

'.IIIIII .mlunuunl J. s. RUFFMA'R. FRUIT JAR AND COVER. APPLIOATIQN FILED JULY29.'1905.

'- To all, whom it may concern:

uNrTnnsf-rnrns PATENT oFFroE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 13, 1906.

lApplication ined July 29,1905. serial No. 271,866.

Be a knownthat i, J'ON sneer-MAN, a

' citizen of the United States of America, re-

' be readily opened radial arms C', the free ends C2 siding at` Rockford, in the county of Winnebago and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fruit- Jars 4and Covers, of which .the following isa specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part thereof, in which like letters of referenceindicate corresponding parts.

My invention relates to fruit-j ars and cov-y ers therefor, the object thereof being to provide an improved means for hermetically sealing such jars, whereby they may be maintained in securely-closed condition, but can when desired without the necessity of using an auxiliary instrument.

The invention will be hereinafter fully described, and specically pointed out-in the claims appended hereto.

Figure l of the drawings is a central vertical section of a fruit-jar, with its cover, ernl bodyingmy invention. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the same. y A is a fruit-j ar having an inwardly-projecting annular flan e-seat A in the lower portion of vits neck i2 and provided with a plurality of inwardly-projecting radial lugs A3 in the upper portion thereo .p i

is a circular closure fitted to the annular flange-seat A in the jar-neck A2.

C is a spider provided with a plurality of y whereof are adapted to pass downward at c and be'rotated under the radial lugs A3 in the neck A2 "of the jar.

D is an eXter-iorly-threaded spindle tapped through the center of the spider C and swiveled at d by its lower end D to the closure B. The spindle D maybe provided with a terminal ring, as D2, or anyother suitable turning means.

In order to remove the closure B frornits 'l until the free ends C2 of the arms C thereof willl register radial lugs A3 with the spaces c between thev lugs A3, when it` may be lifted from the jar. A series of reverse operations like those just described will obviously restore the closure to its jar. Ordinarilyv a rubber or other gasket E should be interposed between the closure B and its seat A.

`Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-' l 1. In a receptacle combination, a fruit-jar having an inwardlyprojecting annular flange-seat, in the lower portion o its neck, and providedwith a plurality of inwardly-projecting radial lugs in the upper portion thereof, a circular closure fitted to the annular flange-seat in the jarneck, a spider provided with a plurality of radial arms,

of the class described, in i the free ends whereof are adapted to pass downward between andv be rotated under the radial lugs in the neck of the jar, and an eXteriorlythreaded spindle tapped through the center eled, by its lower end, to the closure, substantially as described.

2. In a receptacle of the class described, in combination, a fruit-j ar having an inwardlyprojecting annular flange-seat A in the lower portion of its neck A?, and provided with a,

plurality of inwardly-projecting radial lugs A3 in the upper portion thereof, a closure B fitted to the annular flange-seat A a spider C provided with a plurality of radial arms C,

the free ends C2 whereof are adapted to pass downward between'and be rotatedvunder the in the neck of the jar, and an eXteriorly-threaded spindle D tapped through the center of the spider C and swiveled, by its lower end, to the closure B, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I- have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN s. HUFFMAN.

Witnesses:

' M. L. HANAFQRD, W. D. HoDesoN.

of the spider and swiv-` 

